United States sex education pre- and post- the Dobbs decision: Feminist critiques and student concerns

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-04-20 DOI:10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102895

Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer , Susan Thomson Tripathy

{"title":"United States sex education pre- and post- the Dobbs decision: Feminist critiques and student concerns","authors":"Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer , Susan Thomson Tripathy","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102895","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>How has the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, overturning the constitutional right to abortion, impacted the country's sex education? Our answer begins by reviewing the status of U.S. sex education, pre-Dobbs: feminist critiques and our survey of young people's perspectives both underscore the inadequacy of risk-focused approaches, the importance of practical information, and the different sex educational issues facing young women vs. young men. We then examine published feminist and student reactions to Dobbs, its negative impact on sex education and potential positive effects. While several states have passed bills against teaching crucial sex- and gender-related topics, these restrictions have intensified feminist critiques, provoking steps to improve access to contraceptives, and providing guidance for home-based sex-educational conversations. And, young people themselves are taking initiative, developing sex education programs addressing their most pressing concerns. We ask: might we be at a pivotal moment in the evolution of U.S. sex education?</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Womens Studies International Forum","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277539524000335","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"WOMENS STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

How has the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, overturning the constitutional right to abortion, impacted the country's sex education? Our answer begins by reviewing the status of U.S. sex education, pre-Dobbs: feminist critiques and our survey of young people's perspectives both underscore the inadequacy of risk-focused approaches, the importance of practical information, and the different sex educational issues facing young women vs. young men. We then examine published feminist and student reactions to Dobbs, its negative impact on sex education and potential positive effects. While several states have passed bills against teaching crucial sex- and gender-related topics, these restrictions have intensified feminist critiques, provoking steps to improve access to contraceptives, and providing guidance for home-based sex-educational conversations. And, young people themselves are taking initiative, developing sex education programs addressing their most pressing concerns. We ask: might we be at a pivotal moment in the evolution of U.S. sex education?

查看原文

微信好友朋友圈 QQ好友复制链接

本刊更多论文

多布斯裁决前后的美国性教育：女权主义者的批评和学生的担忧

2022 年美国最高法院的多布斯判决推翻了宪法规定的堕胎权，该判决对美国的性教育产生了怎样的影响？我们的答案首先回顾了多布斯案之前美国性教育的现状：女权主义者的批评和我们对年轻人观点的调查都强调了以风险为重点的方法的不足、实用信息的重要性，以及年轻女性与年轻男性所面临的不同性教育问题。然后，我们将研究已发表的女权主义者和学生对多布斯的反应、其对性教育的负面影响以及潜在的积极影响。虽然有几个州通过了反对教授重要的性和性别相关话题的法案，但这些限制加剧了女权主义者的批评，引发了改善避孕药具获取途径的措施，并为家庭性教育对话提供了指导。而且，年轻人自己也在采取主动，制定性教育计划，解决他们最关心的问题。我们不禁要问：我们是否正处于美国性教育发展的关键时刻？

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文去求助

来源期刊

Womens Studies International Forum WOMENS STUDIES-

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

7.10%

发文量

审稿时长

79 days

期刊介绍： Women"s Studies International Forum (formerly Women"s Studies International Quarterly, established in 1978) is a bimonthly journal to aid the distribution and exchange of feminist research in the multidisciplinary, international area of women"s studies and in feminist research in other disciplines. The policy of the journal is to establish a feminist forum for discussion and debate. The journal seeks to critique and reconceptualize existing knowledge, to examine and re-evaluate the manner in which knowledge is produced and distributed, and to assess the implications this has for women"s lives.